Using records within the library and the Naval History website the following is a list of Communicators that "crossed the bar" whilst in service. The current list spans from the end of 1945 to 2008 and further work is being carried out to extend the list to the present day. If you know of a Commmunicator who "crossed the bar" whilst in service and you wish for them to be added then please get in touch with their details.

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Year	Unit	Rank/Rate	Forename	Surname
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1945	Drake IV	Leading Telegraphist	Elfred	Drake
1945	Golden Hind	CyoS	Frederick	Ingram
1945	Collingwood	PO Telegraphist	P	Wielird
1945	LST 3041	Signalman	Edward	Price
1945	Sultan	YoS	Robert	Surtees
1945	Lanka	A/Ldg Telegraphist	Raymond	Eley
1945	Nile	Ty/Act/PO Telegraphist	Edward	Tregarthen
1945	Nimrod	Signalman	Arthur	Hall
1945	Pembroke	Leading Signalman	Herbert	Stanley
1945	RIN	Telegraphist	James	Paul
1945	Indefatigable	A/Ldg Telegraphist	George	Wallace
1945	Tenby	Ty/Act/Ldg Telegraphist	James	Clarke
1945	Tenby	Ty/Leading Signalman	Gerard	Gamble
1945	Tenby	Signalman	Arthur	Wright
1945	Drake	Telegraphist	John	Bramley
1945	-	CPO Telegraphist	William Leonard	Mallett
1946	Elm	Ord. Signalman	Robert	Hutchinson
1946	Cumberland	Signalman	James	Cain
1946	Yeoman	CPO Telegraphist	Charles	Browne
1946	Royal Navy	Signalman	Hugh	Lennon
1946	Drake	Ord. Telegraphist	Samuel	Wainwright
1946	Anderson	Telegraphist	Frederick	Goldie
1946	Afrikander	Commissioned Telegraphist	George	Burnett
1946	Mercury	CPO Telegraphist	George	Gamblin
1946	RN (Malay Section)	Leading Signalman	Bin Y	Hasan
1946	Chatham	Signalman	Eric	Smith
1946	RNVR	Signalman	James	Will
1946	Urania	Signalman	James	Walker
1946	Braganza	Signalman	Kenneth	Knight
1946	Orlando	CYoS	Frederick	Howe
1946	Talwar	Ord. Telegraphist	N.	George
1946	Nigeria	Telegraphist	Michael	Maunders
1946	Shrapnel	CYoS	George	Pankhurst
1946	Tamar	Telegraphist	Cedric	Selman
1946	Valiant	Leading Signalman	Henry	Crockett
1946	Golden Hind	YoS	Vernon	Bacon
1946	LST 403	Ord. Telegraphist	Eric	Hart
1946	Belfast	CPO Telegraphist	Alfred	Long
1946	Moreta	Ord. Signalman	Henry	Cryan
1946	Cyclops	Leading Signalman	Edward	Peacock
1946	Pembroke	CYoS	Herbert	Tucker
1946	Collingwood	Telegraphist	Edgar	White
1947	Pembroke	Signalman	Leslie	Roper
1947	Scotia	Ordinary Signalman	William	Calvert
1947	Wizard	Telegraphist	Lawrence	Roby
1947	Letitia	Signalman	George	Howe
1947	RNPS	Leading Signalman	Joseph	Clifford
1947	Eland, illness	Telegraphist	William	Gibbons
1947	RNVR	Ord. Telegraphist	Albert	Sheppard
1947	Wallflower	Leading Telegraphist	Harold	O'Neill
1947	Pembroke	Leading Signalman	Harold	Heys
1947	Drake	Telegraphist	George	Goulbourne
1947	Royal Navy	YoS	Frederick	Newnham
1947	Pembroke	Signalman	Charles	Cheetham
1949	Drake	CPO Telegraphist	Bernard	Leach
1949	Consort	PO Telegraphist	John	Akhurst
1949	Camperdown	PO Telegraphist	Percy	Jones
1949	Blackcap	Telegraphist	Allen	Webb
1951	Drake	CPO Telegraphist	Cecil	Seymour
1951	P5518	Boy Telegraphist	Charles	Middleton
1951	P5518	Boy Signalman	Bernard	Ricketts
1951	Drake	Signalman	John	Sugden
1951	Owen	Telegraphist	Michael	Allen
1951	Bermuda	Ord. Signalman	John	Williams
1951	Affray	Telegraphist	Harold	Gittins
1951	Affray	Telegraphist	Alan	Irven
1951	Affray	PO Telegraphist	Frederick	Woods
1951	Affray	Leading Telegraphist	Benjamin	Worsfold
1951	President	PO Telegraphist	James	Maddock
1951	Mercury	Leading Signalman	Derek	Barnes
1953	744 SQDN	Telegraphist	Harry	Charlesworth
1953	Morecombe Bay	Signalman	George	Gates
1954	Mercury	CPO (TEL)	William	Abbotts
1954	Mercury	CPO (TEL)	Edward D.	Harding
1954	Mercury	CPO (TEL)	George W.H.	Irvine
1958	Pembroke	YEO of SIGS	James	Stewart
1960	Afrikander	RO2	Frederick	Whiting
1960	Caunton	LTO	Donald	Lister
1960	Girdle Ness	LRO	Brian	Dowson
1961	Mercury	RS	Leslie	Simpson
1961	Bellerophon	CRS	Francis	Whittaker
1961	Mercury	Telegraphist	David	Nelmes
1961	Goldcrest	LTEL	John	Baker
1961	Cavendish	Telegraphist	Noel	Frost
1961	Victory	LRO	Peter	Lambert
1961	Tiger	RO3	William	Swann
1962	Afrikander	RO1	Francis	Collins
1962	Terror	RO2	Anthony	Calvert
1962	Mercury	CYoS	David	Pool
1962	President	TO	Clifford	Hayward
1963	Mercury	LRO	Peter	McNally
1963	Sheba	RO(T)	Richard	Cossey
1963	Forest Moor	RO2	William	Holt
1963	Mercury	RO2	Keith	Jackson
1964	President	RO2	Neville	Barrett
1964	Artful	RO2	Peter	Horne
1965	Terror	LRO(W)	Michael	Ridout
1966	Daring	RO2	Peter	Evans
1969	Danae	RS(W)	Clive	Hardingham
1969	Brereton	RO2(G)	Malcolm	Dinning
1969	Victory	LRO	David	Claridge
1969	Opossum	LRO	Colin	Woods
1969	Forest Moor	LRO	Nicholas	Charles
1970	Cochrane	RO2	Hugh	Todd
1970	Nubian	RO2	Anthony	Gough
1971	President	LRO	Norman	Woodward
1971	Mercury	LRO	Raymond	Gibbons
1971	Mercury	RO2	Nigel	Gower
1971	Mercury	RO2	Graham	Melvin
1971	Mercury	RO1	Trevor	Graham
1971	Ulster	LRO	Roger	Potts
1971	Mercury	JRO1	David	Redhead
1971	Osprey	RO3	Phillip	Birt
1972	Mercury	RO2	William	Seaford
1972	Maxton	RO1	Montague	Castle-Smith
1972	Ark Royal	RO	Paul	Rickard
1973	Warrior	RO2(G)	Jack	Woodhead
1973	Warrior	RS	Peter	Wilkinson
1973	Reclaim	LRO(G)	David	Cross
1973	Warrior	RS	Richard	Allsford
1973	Ark Royal	LRO(G)	Martin	Morrissey
1973	St Angelo	RO(T)	John	Adair
1973	Dolphin	RO2(G)	John	Holmes
1974	Jupiter	RO2(G)	Neil	Race
1974	St Angelo	LRO	Brian	Williams
1974	Raleigh	RS	Michael	Toland
1974	Dolphin	RO2	James	Brown
1975	Fife	RO1(G)	Nigel	Todd
1975	President	RO1(T)	Graham	Williams
1976	Mercury	Lt Cdr	Thomas	Mawson
1976	St Angelo	LRO(W)	David	Colmer
1976	Cambria	CCY	Sidney	Sangan
1976	Renown	LRO(W)	Ian	Edwards
1976	Tiger	JRO1	Wayne	Batten
1976	Tiger	RO1(G)	Peter	Jackson
1976	Fittleton	CRS	Philip	Barber
1976	Fittleton	RO1(G)	Richard	Massey
1976	Fittleton	RO2	Ptrick	Quantrill
1976	Fittleton	CY	David	Skinner
1976	Mercury	JRO1	Kevin	Withington
1977	Mercury	RO1(G)	Ian	Parker
1977	Nelson	LRO(W)	Philip	Hales
1978	Lowestoft	RO1(T)	Andrew	McGowan
1978	Neptune	RS(SM)	Peter	Robson
1979	Fife	RO(W)	John	Parker
1979	Arrow	RO1(T)	Paul	Hailey
1979	Arrow	RO1(T)	James	McEwan
1979	Royal Navy	Admiral of the Fleet	Louis	Mountbatten
1980	Mercury	Lt Cdr	John	Dempsey
1981	Neptune	WRO1	Susan	Keaney
1982	Falmouth	RO1(G)	John	Wood
1982	Excellent	RO1(G)	Stephen	Allen
1982	Coventry	LRO	Bernard	Still
1983	Neptune	RS	David	Mathews
1983	Falmouth	RO(G)	Deric	Lomax
1983	Walrus	CRS	Kenneth	Godfrey
1984	Illustrious	RO1(G)	Mark	Wolstenholme
1984	Exeter	RO1(G)	Philip	Cobb
1984	Sirius	RO2(G)	Mark	Landau
1984	Daedalus	RO1(G)	Philip	Crone
1984	Daedalus	RO1(T)	James	Kenna
1984	Mercury	RO2	Andrew	Dexter
1986	FOF2	RO(T)	Garry	Vaughan
1986	Daedalus	RO1(T)	Adrian	Currell
1986	Illustrious	RO1(G)	Simon	Parkes
1986	Galatea	RO1(T)	Gary	Riley
1986	Cardiff	RO1(G)	Michael	O'Shea
1988	Jupiter	RO1(T)	Robin	Barnard
1989	Mercury	RO1(T)	David	Frampton
1989	Brilliant	CCY	Mark	Potter
1989	Cochrane	RO1(G)	Allan	Hart
1989	Cuxton	RO1(G)	Stuart	Vimpany
1990	Drake	RO1	Alan	Yeomans
1990	Invincible	RS	Christopher	Stansfield
1990	Cumberland	RS	Roland	Froggatt
1992	Nelson	RO(T)	Simon	Steggles
1993	Renown	RO(SM)	Harvey	Hinchley
1993	Collingwood	RO1	Edward	Hocking
1993	UKSU Naples	RO1(G)	Stephen	Somerville
1994	Britannia	RO1(T)	Perie	Shiels
1996	Collingwood	OM	Sam	Allison
1997	Neptune	LRO(G)	John	Anderson
1997	Somerset	LRO(G)	Stephen	Atkins
1997	Neptune	OM(C)	Edward	O'Connor
1997	Drake	RO(T)	Keith	Perrin
1997	HQBF Gibraltar	LRO(T)	Mark	Beeston
1998	Fearless	RO1(G)	Carl	Meagher
2002	Collingwood	LT CDR	Carolyn	Crumplin
2003	148 Bty	OM(C)2	Ian	Seymour
2004	Neptune	LRO(T)	Trevor	Carlon
2004	Superb	OM(CSM)	David	Wood
2006	Raleigh	WRO	Samantha	Appleton
2006	Sutherland	LOM(C)	Simon	Bridgeman
2006	Illustrious	OM(C)	Steven	Moule
2016	Royal Navy	Admiral of the Fleet	Edward	Ashmore

With thanks to the Naval History website who provided the majority of the information on this page.